Historical Events
- Feb 4 Ludwig Minkus' ballet "La Bayadère", choreographed by Marius Petipa premieres at Imperial Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia
- Feb 7 1st Guernsey Cattle Club organizes (NYC)
- Feb 12 1st news dispatch by telephone, between Boston & Salem, Massachusetts
- Feb 12 US railroad builders strike against wage reduction
- Feb 20 1st cantilever bridge in US completed, Harrodsburg, Kentucky
Famous Birthdays
- Feb 1 Thomas Frederick Dunhill, British composer (The Wind Among The Reeds), and teacher, born in London, England (d. 1946)
- Feb 7 Feliks Nowowiejski, Polish organist and composer, born in Wartenburg, East Prussia, German Empire (d. 1946)
- Feb 7 G. H. Hardy, English mathematician (Hardy–Weinberg principle, A Mathematician's Apology), born in Cranleigh, England (d. 1947)
- Feb 7 Julius Curtius, German Foreign Minister of the Weimar Republic (1929-31) and Minister for Economic Affairs (1926-29), born in Duisburg, Prussia (d. 1948)
- Feb 8 Helen Homans, American tennis player (US Nat C'ship 1906), born in Englewood, New Jersey (d. 1949)
- Feb 12 Louis Renault, French automobile executive (Renault Motor Company), born in Paris, France (d. 1944)
- Feb 13 Jāzeps Mediņš, Latvian composer, born in Kaunas, Latvia, Russian Empire (d. 1947)
- Feb 17 André Maginot, French politician, advocated for the Maginot Line, born in Paris, France (d. 1932)
- Feb 17 Henri Vandeputte, Belgian author and poet (L'homme Jeune) (d. 1952)
- Feb 17 Isabelle Eberhardt, Swiss explorer and writer of North Africa, born in Geneva, Switzerland (d. 1904)
- Feb 18 Betsy Ranucci-Beckmann [Theodora Elisabeth Beckmann], Dutch author and actress (De huzaren, Dood Water), born in Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands (d. 1965)
- Feb 19 Else Berg, German born Dutch painter (Bergense School), born in Ratibor, German Empire (d. 1942)
- Feb 19 Gabriele Münter, German painter (d. 1962)
- Feb 19 Louis Aubert French composer (Habanera), born in Paramé, France (d. 1968)
- Feb 21 Totius [Jacob D. du Toit], South African poet and theologist, born in Paarl, Cape Colony (d. 1953)
- Feb 22 Yme Schuitmaker, Frisian-Dutch potato merchant, actor, and playwright (Maerteblom (Snowdrop); Lysbet), born in Frjentsjer, Friesland, Dutch Republic (d. 1961)
- Feb 24 Ettie Rout, New Zealand activist (d. 1936)
- Feb 24 Rudolph Ganz, Swiss-American pianist, conductor (St. Louis Symphony, 1921-27), composer, and educator (Chicago Musical College, 1928-54), born in Zurich, Switzerland (d. 1972)
- Feb 25 Erich von Hornbostel, Austrian musicologist, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1935)
- Feb 26 Carel Steven Adama van Scheltema, Dutch socialist poet, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1924)
- Feb 26 Russell Alexander, American vaudeville composer and entertainer (Barnum & Bailey Circus Band), born in Nevada, Missouri (d. 1915)
- Feb 27 Walter O Briggs, American entrepreneur and sports team owner (Detroit Tigers 1935-52), born in Ypsilanti, Michigan (d. 1952)
- Feb 28 Sergei Bortkiewicz, Russian-Austrian composer, pianist, and conductor, born in Kharkov, Russian Empire (d. 1952)
Famous Deaths
- Feb 1 Joseph-Leon Gatayes, French harpist, dies at 71
Charles Wilkes (1798-1877)
Feb 8 American Antarctic explorer and naval officer (Union Navy), dies at 78
- Feb 20 Louis Malesherbes Goldsborough, American Rear Admiral (Union Navy during US Civil War), dies at 72
